James E. (Jim) Vick Email & Phone Number

Avon, Oh, Us

Independence, Oh, Us

Mayfield Heights, Oh, Us

Managed 15 raw material categories across three main business units with $140 million budget. Established strong working relationships with cross functional groups including R&D, Sales and Marketing, and Category Managers. • Determined strategy for major raw material categories totaling $140 million in annual spend, and implemented strategies resulting in $2.4 million cost reduction in 2013.• Developed new local source for polystyrene resulting in lower cost, improved product consistency, and reduced working capital.• Managed 13 U.S.site buyers for performance metrics and improved cost savings. • Collaborated with Sales and Product Managers on timing of large raw material purchases and selling price increases / decreases to take advantage of polypropylene market volatility.• Won the “Win from Within” Award at Ferro as key member of small team improving profit margins for the Ferro Plastics businesses.

Managed five buyers at two locations and an annual spend of $80 million.• Improved coordination between purchasing and production scheduling so raw material delivery dates could be adjusted to accommodate frequent schedule changes. Able to reduce raw material inventories by 25% and eliminate the need for outside warehousing. Another added benefit was less production downtime due to lack of raw materials.• Worked with suppliers and production operators increasing the number of turns achieved on casting paper resulting in $800,000 savings per year.• Established monthly blind bidding process with two major US suppliers for plasticizer resulting in $600,000 annualized savings.

Mentor, Ohio, Us

• Reduced quality related complaints from averaging over 20 per month to single digits.• Developed low dusting strapping product increasing sales 30%.• Implemented monthly safety training and improved OSHA compliance with zero non-conformances during final two annual audits.